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Figure 2: High-resolution computed tomography showed evidence of interstitial lung disease.

High-resolution computed tomography shows evidence of ILD.

The ACR/CHEST ILD Guidelines in Practice, a video
In collaboration with the American College of Chest Physicians, the ACR released two new comprehensive guidelines aimed at improving the screening, monitoring, and treatment of patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) secondary to systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs). Recently, Sindhu R. Johnson, MD, PhD, professor of medicine at the University of Toronto, Canada, director of the Toronto Scleroderma Program and principal investigator for the guideline, and Elana J. Bernstein, MD, MSc, Florence Irving associate professor of medicine in the Division of Rheumatology at Columbia University, New York City, and co-first author, presented a webinar to talk about how the guidelines were developed and present some of the recommendations and their rationale: Watch the recording now!

 

20 U.S. States Sue Federal Government Seeking End to Obamacare

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(Reuters)—A coalition of 20 U.S. states sued the federal government on Monday over Obamacare, claiming the law was no longer constitutional after the repeal last year of its requirement that people have health insurance or pay a fine. Led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel, the lawsuit said that…

The Science Behind Biosimilars

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Although six biosimilar agents have now been approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration for use in rheumatology, scientific, clinical, economic and prescribing questions about the use of biosimilars abound. In fact, at the 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting in San Diego, Joseph Huffstutter, MD, a rheumatologist in private practice in Chattanooga, Tenn., said that…

U.S. to Extend Skimpy Health Insurance Outside of Obamacare

Yasmeen Abutaleb and Caroline Humer  |  

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters)—The U.S. government on Tuesday proposed extending the availability of skimpy health insurance plans to millions of Americans in another Trump administration move aimed at undercutting the requirements of the Affordable Care Act, often called Obamacare. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a proposed rule that such plans, now available…

The New Tax Bill’s Implications for Healthcare

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On Dec. 20, 2017, Congress passed a massive tax bill that will have an impact on nearly every individual and business in America. The bill makes sweeping revisions to existing tax provisions, and it will largely affect the health industry. Individual Mandate Repealed The bill repeals the individual mandate established in 2005 by the Affordable…

Chronic Pain Research Probes Neurologic Pain Pathways, Biomarkers

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With the aid of increasingly sophisticated neuroimaging technology, research into how the brain activates and changes in patients with chronic pain is delivering fascinating information that will hopefully pave the way to tailored, individual treatment of chronic pain. Over the past several years, data from neuroimaging studies have provided a new understanding of what occurs…

Tips for Surviving FDA Audits of Your Clinical Trials

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SAN DIEGO—You come to work. The day is going well. Your clinical trials are moving along. Then you get the call: It’s the Federal Drug Administration (FDA), and they’re coming to audit in about a week. You might be struck by a sense of dread. But you don’t have to be, an expert said at…

Turbocharge Your Cell Analysis with Mass Cytometry

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SAN DIEGO—In his doctoral work, Sean Bendall, PhD, assistant professor of pathology and a researcher at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., worked on protein identification and embryonic stem cell biology. That required examining the characteristics of cells—lots of cells. He was struck by how inefficient the process was. “The issue was, every experiment I…

3 Experts Discuss Bone Health

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SAN DIEGO—At the 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting Nov. 3–8, experts discussed improving bone health in the U.S., gave tips on bone health disorders in pediatrics and reviewed new translational science findings for joint conservation in early osteonecrosis. E. Michael Lewiecki, MD, director of the New Mexico Clinical Research & Osteoporosis Center in Albuquerque, N.M., called…

DADA2 Research Reveals Mechanisms & Possible Gene Therapy

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Managing Myositis in 3 Different Scenarios

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SAN DIEGO—In Hot Topics in Myositis, a session held Nov. 7 at the 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting, rheumatologists discussed treating myositis patients in three different clinical scenarios: persistently elevated creatine kinase (CK), immune-mediated necrotizing myopathies and lung disease. Elevated CK Patients with persistently elevated levels of CK enzyme and normal muscle strength “may still have…